In this video https://youtu.be/lVKT09eLTn8?si=ODZRS3cMvvDqlTOz https://youtu.be/lVKT09eLTn8?si=ODZRS3cMvvDqlTOz it looks like he traces only the rough outline a

In this video https://youtu.be/lVKT09eLTn8?si=ODZRS3cMvvDqlTOz https://youtu.be/lVKT09eLTn8?si=ODZRS3cMvvDqlTOz it looks like he traces only the rough outline and fills in the details free hand. If so it is amazing. It's amazing too if he traces the whole thing from a photo. Chuck Close transfers the photo into canvas in small squares and paints the squares, so his style is more mechanical.